As for the Kylo/Luke convo, I definitely agree that this movie should have given some closure to the betrayal that Kylo felt from his uncle so as to make their appearance together at the end more meaningful.

Unfortunately, that modified scene definitely falls under philosophy #1 that I stated earlier. Which is why it only really belongs in my other thread, and not necessarily here.

Besides, one of the reasons for that scene modification was to remove the reminder that Palpatine wants Rey dead. This edit is taking the approach in that it wants to make it abundantly clear Palpatine always wanted Rey dead until Kylo is redeemed, which is why the default scene needs to stay. In my other thread, I’m taking the exact opposite approach in that Palpatine wants Kylo to fight her because he knows she will more than likely kill him, but even if Kylo wins, Palpatine himself doesn’t lose. It’s a win-win scenario for him. Definitely a more nuanced approach that speaks to Palpatine’s genius. But I think one of the goals to this project was to streamline things and make them easier to understand.